I.“reduci,” Ov. H. 6, 1), adj. reduco.
I. Act., that leads or brings back (mostly as an epithet of Jupiter and of Fortuna, in the poets and in inscrr.): “et sua det reduci vir meus arma Jovi,” Ov. H. 13, 50; Sabin. Ep. 1, 78; Inscr. Orell. 1256: “hic ubi Fortunae reducis fulgentia late Templa nitent,” Mart. 8, 65, 1; Inscr. Orell. 332; 922; 1760 sq.; 1776; 3096; “4083: reduces choreae,” i. e. that accompany home, Mart. 10, 70, 9.— “Of a human being only in the foll. passage: eo pervenimus, unde, nisi te reduce, nulli ad penates suos iter est,” Curt. 9, 6, 9.—
II. Pass., that is led or brought back (from slavery, imprisonment, from a distance, etc.), come back, returned (freq. and class.): “facere aliquem reducem,” to bring back, Plaut. Capt. prol. 43; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 77; 3, 5, 28; 5, 1, 2; 11; id. Trin. 4, 1, 4; Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 18: “ab Orco in lucem,” id. Hec. 5, 4, 12: quid me reducem esse voluistis? (i. e. from exile), Cic. Mil. 37, 103: “victores triumphantes domos reduces sistatis,” Liv. 29, 27; cf.: “reduces in patriam ad parentes ad conjuges ac liberos facere,” id. 22, 60, 13: “navi reduce,” id. 21, 50: “caesar exercitusque,” Tac. A. 1, 70 fin.: “reduces socios,” Verg. A. 1, 390; 11, 797: “gratari aliquem reducem,” id. ib. 5, 40 et saep.: “(elephanti) non ante reduces ad agmen,” Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 13: “carina,” Ov. H. 6, 1: “reduces habenas,” Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 242; “of the phœnix after being burned: reducisque parans exordia formae,” id. Idyll. 1, 41.
